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·听力原文·
M: Thanks for inviting me out tonight. I've been wanting to try this place for weeks. I usually pass it on my way home from work but never seem to have time to stop.
W: [1] I've been dying to come here as well. I was worried that the menu might not be accommodating. But one of my close friends ate here last week. She's a vegetarian. She told me that there were a lot of options for her, and they offered alternative dishes.
M: But you're not vegetarian, are you?
W: [2] Well, not entirely. I don't eat meat at all. But I don't have a problem eating fish, seafood, or eggs.
M: Isn't that very difficult? I can't imagine giving up a premium juicy steak or bacon cheeseburgers.
W: I wouldn't know. My parents followed the same diet. Even when I was younger, we never had meat during meals. And I never really had a craving to try it. [3] I bet it would be hard though, giving up something you're accustomed to eating. I tried cutting back on coffee in the morning and it was awful. Come to think of it. It was probably even worse for my colleagues that had to deal with me at morning meetings.
M: That's even harder to imagine you without coffee. So you say your parents also followed a partially vegetarian diet? Why did they decide to do that?
W: That's an interesting question. I never thought to ask them though. My best guess is for health reasons. They're not terribly active or knowledgeable about animal preservation efforts, but they're serious about their health. Both are in their 70s now but eat organic as often as possible and take part in regular physical exercise. [4] Neither of them has any health problems and they hardly ever get sick.
M: In that case, I might give it a try someday.
W: Now back to the menu. What're you going to have?
·答案详解·
1. Where does the conversation most probably take place? 对话最有可能发生在哪里？
A）在一家食品店。
B）在一家餐馆。
C）在一间厨房。
D）在一家超市。
解析 ：对话开头，男士说谢谢女士今晚邀请他出来，并说他几周前就想来这个地方，但苦于一直没时间。女士随即回应道：“我也一直非常想来这里。我担心菜单可能不太适合我。但我的一个好朋友上周在这里吃过。她是素食主义者。她告诉我这里有很多适合她的选择，而且他们有不同菜式可供选择。”女士提及的menu、ate here和dishes等关键词都是在餐馆里最常使用的词语，因此推测对话最有可能发生在餐馆，故B项正确。
2. What do we learn about the woman? 我们了解到关于女士的什么情况？
A）她偶尔吃肉。
B）她喜欢芝士汉堡。
C）她是半素食主义者。
D）她对海鲜过敏。
解析 ：对话中，男士询问女士是否是素食主义者，女士回答说：“嗯，不完全是。我一点肉都不吃。但是我不介意吃鱼、海鲜或鸡蛋。”由此可知，女士并非纯素食主义者，而是半素食主义者，只是不吃肉类而已，故C项正确。A项与对话内容相反，B项的“芝士汉堡”是男士爱吃的，故这两项均排除。对话中女士提到她不介意吃海鲜，但她并没有说明她是否对海鲜过敏，故D项也排除。
3. What would be a difficult thing to do according to the woman? 根据女士的说法，做什么会很困难？
A）改变一个人的饮食习惯。
B）与同事打交道。
C）多年来遵循同样的饮食。
D）在晨会上保持清醒。
解析 ：对话中，女士提到：“我敢说，放弃你习惯吃的东西一定很难。”随后她举了自己试过在早上少喝咖啡但结果很糟糕的例子，由此可知，女士认为改变一个人的饮食习惯是很困难的，故A项正确。其他三项均不是女士认为很难做到的事情，故均排除。
4. What does the woman say about her parents? 关于她的父母，女士说了什么？
A）他们都是动物爱好者。
B）他们非常健康。
C）他们只吃有机食品。
D）他们正在减少喝咖啡。
解析 ：对话中，女士提到她的父母现在都70多岁了，但仍尽可能经常吃有机食品，并定期参加体育锻炼。他们俩都没有任何健康问题，而且几乎从不生病。由此可知，女士的父母非常健康，故B项正确。女士提到她的父母对动物保护工作并不十分积极，也不太了解，可知A项与对话内容不符，故排除。女士只提到她的父母仍尽可能经常吃有机食品，并没有说只吃有机食品，C项说法过于绝对，故排除。尝试过减少喝咖啡的是女士自己，并非她的父母，故D项也排除。
·听力原文·
W: How did your annual performance evaluation meeting with your manager go? Did you get much in the way of praise?
M: [5] Next to zero. When we came to the part about discussing my areas for growth, he bluntly told me that I had an attitude problem. But he wouldn't really expand on that description. He said it's the little things I do and say.
W: Did you ask him for a specific example?
M: I did ask him a few more questions to try to narrow it down. He said my constant questioning of him and his decisions was the most obvious example he could give. Then our conversation was swiftly brought to a close.
W: I had a similar experience once. My manager told me I was too honest. In most cases, I thought my honesty was helpful, as did my colleagues, but my manager thought otherwise. [6] Some managers really adopt manipulative language to disguise the unreasonable choices they have made. They don't use the rational power of arguments to resolve issues of conflict or complaints about unfairness.
M: Right. Some employ their persuasive vocabulary and influential communication style to win workplace arguments by compelling people to perform the intended action.
W: Exactly. Too honest? Isn't that a good thing? I thought that's surely something we should have covered earlier in the section discussing strengths and talents, but now... [7] Honesty was deemed to be more of a sin than a virtue, since it made people feel uncomfortable or at least it made the most powerful folks feel uncomfortable.
M: Indeed. Rhetoric is viewed by many philosophers as the method through which the powerful accumulate more power. By virtue of having the loudest voice, they're able to command greater attention and further assert their dominance, even when what they're saying doesn't really make much sense.
W: [8] And retaining their power and prestige is their priority.
M: It's what makes the most sense to a lot of them.
·答案详解·
5. What was the manager's reason for giving little praise for the man's performance? 经理为什么对男士的表现给予很少的赞扬？
A）男士的态度有问题。
B）男士对公司的贡献不大。
C）男士关注琐碎的事情。
D）男士的同事对他评价很差。
解析 ：对话开头，女士询问男士有没有在年度绩效评估会议上得到经理的很多表扬，男士回答说：“几乎没有。当我们谈到我的成长领域时，他直截了当地告诉我，我的态度有问题。”由此可知，经理没有怎么表扬男士，是因为觉得男士的态度有问题，故A项正确。其他三项对话中均未提及，故均排除。
6. What does the woman say about some managers? 关于某些经理，女士说了什么？
A）他们否决员工为工作效率提出的合理论据。
B）他们做出无益于解决问题的决定。
C）他们更喜欢某些员工的建议，而不喜欢其他员工的建议。
D）他们使用操纵性的语言来掩盖其不合理的选择。
解析 ：对话中女士提到，一些经理真的会采用操纵性的语言来掩盖他们所做的不合理的选择，D项与对话内容相符，故为正确答案，选项中的manipulative language是原词复现，选项中的irrational是对女士的话中unreasonable的同义替换。
7. According to the woman, what do some managers think of honesty? 根据女士的说法，一些经理对诚实有什么看法？
A）它在职场中是一种良好的品质。
B）它现在比以往任何时候都更重要。
C）它是合理判断的必要条件。
D）与其说它是美德，不如说它是一种罪过。
解析 ：对话中女士向男士提及自己曾被经理说过她太过诚实的经历，随后又补充道：“诚实被认为是一种罪过，而不是美德，因为它会让人感到不舒服，或者至少会让最有权力的人感到不舒服。”由此可知，一些经理认为诚实是一种罪过而不是美德，故D项正确。
8. What does the woman think is the priority of many managers? 女士认为许多经理的首要任务是什么？
A）做出合理且富有成效的决定。
B）关注员工的职业发展。
C）维护他们的权力和威望。
D）缓和职场中的人际关系。
解析 ：对话最后，男士提到有权力的人会通过最强有力的话语权来获得更多的关注，并进一步维护自己的主导地位。女士也回应道：“而且保持权力和威望是他们的首要任务。”这里的“他们”指代对话前面提到的像一些经理这样的有权力的人，因此C项正确。C项中的Preserving是对话中retaining的同义替换，power and prestige是原词复现。
·听力原文·
[9] Athletes are seen as heroes because they can do things that most of us can't do. They can hit fastballs coming at them at nearly 100 miles an hour, and leap and hang in the air, seemingly defying gravity. They get paid millions of dollars for their efforts, and their names and faces appear on everything from running shoes to advertising boards. Athletes who are champions also show qualities such as perseverance, dedication, and the ability to keep their cool under pressure. Many show those same qualities off the playing field, too. Stories about super-star athletes teach us about working hard and believing in ourselves and in being passionate about what we do.
Although it's usually bad behavior that gets an athlete a spot on the Six O'clock News, [10] many high-profile players work hard to be positive role models to children. They raise money for charities and act as mentors, talking to student groups and volunteering their time to programs that help children keep off drugs and stay in school.
Still, even the greatest champions have flaws. Just because an athlete has the perfect golf swing doesn't mean he is the perfect parent, friend, or spokesperson. They also make mistakes. [11] Separating an athlete's professional and personal lives can be tough. When a sports star gets in trouble with the law or does something wrong in their private life, fans are often left disappointed. Before he died, baseball star, Mickey Mantle, who was plagued with alcohol problems, told young ball players and the fans who admired him, “To play like me; don't be like me!”
·答案详解·
9. Why does the speaker say athletes are often viewed as heroes? 为什么讲话者说运动员常常被视为英雄？
A）他们给自己的国家带来了巨大的荣誉。
B）他们创造了非常高的商业价值。
C）他们完成了我们很多人做不到的壮举。
D）他们表现出了难以用语言形容的天赋。
解析 ：文章开头明确指出，运动员被视为英雄，因为他们能做到我们大多数人做不到的事情。选项C中的accomplish feats是对原文do things的同义转述，many of us cannot是对原文most of us can't do的同义转述，故选项C正确。其他三项文中均未提及，故均排除。
10. What does the speaker say many high-profile players do? 讲话者说很多知名度高的球员做什么事情？
A）他们努力成为孩子们的正面榜样。
B）他们在业余时间教孩子们运动。
C）他们参加孩子们的课外活动。
D）他们担任奢侈品的代言人。
解析 ：文章中间部分提到，尽管某位运动员上《六点钟新闻》的原因通常是他的不良行为，但是许多知名度高的运动员为了给孩子们树立正面的榜样努力工作。题干中的many high-profile players是文中的原词，选项A中的to be positive role models to children也是文中的原词，另外选项A中的try是对文中work hard的同义转述，故选项A正确。其他三项都是根据文章的部分信息或个别词汇拼凑出来的干扰项，故均排除。
11. What does the speaker say can be difficult? 讲话者说什么会很困难？
A）成为看起来不傲慢的超级体育明星。
B）让运动员远离毒品或酗酒问题。
C）防止某些运动员触犯法律。
D）将运动员的职业生活和个人生活分开。
解析 ：文章后半部分提到，将运动员的职业生活和个人生活分开并不容易。题干中的difficult是文中tough的同义词，选项D是对文中Separating an athlete's professional and personal lives的同义转述，故选项D正确。选项A原文并未提及，故排除。选项B、C是利用文中出现的个别词汇（keep off drugs、alcohol problems、gets in trouble with the law）设置的干扰项，故这两项也排除。
·听力原文·
[12] We don't need to tell you that weddings can get expensive. Even with the most meticulous budgeting, a few unexpected costs are bound to occur. While most brides tend to accept this as fact, one Canadian woman, who is only known as “Susan”, attempted to avoid all wedding costs. She did this by asking her friends and family to pay up to attend her wedding. It went about as well as you'd expect.
Susan is causing quite the debate online after posting a bizarre Facebook complaint about her now-cancelled wedding. [13] Yes, the couple called off the wedding just days before their wedding vows , since the guests refused to pay the $1,500 attendance fee. The $60,000 dream wedding was put on permanent hold. In her long explanation filled with cursing and swearing, the bride accused her friends and family of ruining her marriage and her life. She stated that each guest would only need to pay $1,500, while she sacrificed everything for the day. [14] Her maid of honor told her to stick to the budget , as she was asking too much from her guests, but Susan ignored her. Not surprisingly, only 8 people responded positively to the wedding invitations and money requests.
Realizing they would not be able to afford their dream wedding, Susan's future husband suggested getting married in Las Vegas. [15] The bride quickly shut down the idea, saying she did not want a wedding of gambling and heavy drinking. It seems her dream wedding has now become a nightmare.
·答案详解·
12. What does the speaker say about weddings? 关于婚礼，讲话者说了什么？
A）它们对新娘来说是梦想成真。
B）它们应该由出席者支付费用。
C）它们是欢乐和激动人心的时刻。
D）它们的花费总是比预期的要多。
解析 ：文章开头就指出，我们不需要告诉你婚礼是很昂贵的。即使做了最细致的预算，也免不了会发生一些意想不到的开支。选项D中的cost more than expected是对原文中a few unexpected costs are bound to occur的同义转述，因此选项D正确。选项A、C原文未提及，故排除；选项B是苏珊的观点，并不是讲话者说的内容，故排除。
13. What do we learn about the wedding of the Canadian woman Susan? 关于加拿大女子苏珊的婚礼，我们了解到了什么？
A）它被取消了。
B）它只有8位宾客。
C）它花费了6万美元。
D）它是在拉斯维加斯举办的。
解析 ：四个选项都是以代词It开头的，可以判断题目问的是有关It的信息。文章中间部分提到，这对夫妇在他们宣读结婚誓言的前几天取消了婚礼，因为宾客们拒绝支付1,500美元的出席费。这场预算6万美元的梦幻婚礼被永久搁置了。选项A中的cancelled是对原文中called off的同义转述，而且之前也提到苏珊在脸书上因她现在已经取消的婚礼（now-cancelled wedding）而抱怨，故选项A正确。文章确实提到了8个人，但他们只是答应了婚礼的邀请，并且愿意付费出席婚礼，婚礼的预算也确实是6万美元，但最后婚礼被取消了，所以选项B、C不可选。婚礼在拉斯维加斯举办是苏珊的未婚夫提议的，但苏珊表示了明确的反对，所以选项D也不可选。
14. What did Susan's maid of honor advise her to do? 苏珊的首席伴娘建议她做什么？
A）向她的朋友们寻求帮助。
B）推迟她的婚礼。
C）照着她的预算来。
D）邀请更多的宾客。
解析 ：文章提到苏珊的伴娘是在中间部分：苏珊的首席伴娘告诉她照着预算来。选项C中的budget是文中的原词，keep to是对原文stick to的同义转述，故选项C正确。其他三项文中均未提及，故均排除。
15. How did Susan respond to her future husband's suggestion? 对于她的未婚夫的建议，苏珊是如何回应的？
A）她称其为浪漫的。
B）她断然拒绝了。
C）她说她会考虑。
D）她欣然接受。
解析 ：文章提到苏珊的未婚夫是在结尾部分，他提议在拉斯维加斯结婚。对于这个提议苏珊的反应是：很快打消了他的这个念头，说她不想要一场有赌博和酗酒的婚礼。选项B中的rejected it是对文中shut down the idea的同义转述，flatly对应文中的quickly，故选项B正确。其他三项都与苏珊的态度相反，故均排除。
·听力原文·
It has long been scientifically established that weather changes can affect people's moods. [16] Now, a new study has provided evidence that temperature can influence people's personalities. This study of over 1.6 million people revealed that 22。C is the perfect air temperature to live in. A city, with an average annual temperature closer to 22, tends to have a population who are more agreeable, conscientious, emotionally stable, and outgoing. It is the least taxing temperature for the body to regulate its own temperature. The study was observational and didn't show cause and effect, but the scientists behind it theorize that better weather leads people to leave their home more often. This, in turn, leads to more social interaction, which encourages them to develop a friendlier and socially more acceptable personality. [17] Warmer climates also make people feel more positive in general. They tend to be more agreeable and conscientious. The findings might help explain why colder and warmer countries tend to produce people with different personalities.
Roughly speaking, about 40% of a person's personality is determined by their genes, the other 60% by their environment. It was already well known that personality traits vary across geographic regions. Scientists also knew that these geographic personality traits are associated with a broad range of consequential outcomes. These outcomes include economic activity, for example, entrepreneurial startup rates, and also crime rates, health behaviors, and health outcomes. And it is well established that personality traits differ between countries.
The research team speculated the two might be linked. To test this, they gave online personality tests to 5,587 Chinese students and 1.66 million Americans. They then compared the results with the average annual temperature where they grew up. The tests measured personality along five well-studied characteristics. The five were agreeability, conscientiousness, emotional stability, outgoingness, and openness to new experiences. In both groups, the researchers found the closer a town's average annual temperature was to 22 degrees, the more its population exhibited those personality characteristics. [18] However, the findings were much stronger for the Chinese group than the Americans studied, which suggests that though temperature plays a role, it does not play a dominant role. The effects are fairly weak. It's unlikely to lead to many arguments over the temperature setting of the office air conditioner.
·答案详解·
16. What has a new study revealed about temperature? 关于温度，一项新的研究揭示了什么？
A）它决定人们的情绪。
B）它可能影响人们的健康。
C）它可能影响人们的性格。
D）它与人们的情绪密切相关。
解析 ：讲话者在讲话开头指出，现在，一项新的研究提供了温度可能影响人们的性格的证据，故答案选C。选项C中的can influence people's personalities是原词重现。选项A和B原文中没有提及，故排除。选项D与原文不符，原文第一句说天气变化能影响人们的情绪，这是早已被科学证实的结论，而不是新的研究揭示的结论，故也排除。
17. What does the speaker say about warmer climates? 关于较温暖的气候，讲话者说了什么？
A）它使人们的生育能力更强。
B）它倾向于产生积极的感觉。
C）它增加人们的预期寿命。
D）它可能逐渐改变人们的基因。
解析 ：讲话者在中间提到，较温暖的气候也使人们总体上感觉更积极，这与选项B的说法一致，故选B，该项中的positive feelings是对原文中feel more positive的同义转述。其他三项在原文中都没有提及，故排除。
18. What did the online personality tests suggest? 在线性格测试表明了什么？
A）美国人显然比中国人更外向。
B）同一个地理区域的人在性格上可能有所不同。
C）尽管人们的国籍不同，但他们有许多共同的个性特征。
D）温度和性格之间的联系是相当弱的。
解析 ：讲话者在最后提到了研究小组对5,587名中国学生和166万美国人进行了在线性格测试，并指出了测试的结果：在这两组受试者中，研究人员发现，一个城镇的年平均温度越接近22度，其人口就越能表现出上文提及的几个个性特征，然而，与被研究的美国人相比，针对中国组的研究结果表明这一联系更为明显，这表明尽管温度起着一定的作用，但它并没有起主导作用，这些影响是相当弱的。这些影响指的是温度对性格的影响，也就是说，温度和性格之间的联系是相当弱的，故选D。选项A原文中没有提及，故排除。原文中没有信息表明在线性格测试研究了同一个地理区域的人的性格差异，故排除选项B。受试者虽然国籍不同，但这项测试衡量的是不同地理区域的人的性格特征差异，不是为了研究他们共同的性格特征，故也排除选项C。
·听力原文·
Today we are talking about loneliness. Loneliness and social isolation are growing public health concerns for people of all ages in the United States, from adolescence to the elderly. Public health experts are worried, because loneliness seems to be on the rise, and studies have long found correlations between loneliness and an assortment of medical conditions that threaten health and longevity.
The problem of loneliness may be even greater than we thought. A new national poll found that about a third of older Americans are lonely, and almost as many seniors feel isolated. [19] This is a serious problem as research shows that chronic loneliness is particularly harmful to senior citizens. That's because it can impair older adults' memory and damage their physical and mental health. Chronic loneliness even impacts the life expectancy of seniors, increasing their risk of early mortality.
Let's take a closer look at that poll now. More than a third of seniors in the poll said they felt lonely at least some of the time, and 27% said they sometimes or often felt isolated. This reflects how much time the seniors spent with others. Almost 30% said they socialized with friends, family or neighbors once a week or less. Women were more likely than men to report loneliness.
[20] But there is good news. It looks like loneliness can be reversed , but researchers are still trying to determine the best way to do so. Why is that? Resolving the problem of loneliness among seniors often isn't as simple as getting them together with others or moving them in with their children. In fact, the poll found that seniors who lived with their children were more likely to report feeling lonely than those who didn't. This may be because loneliness refers to the discrepancy between actual and desired relationships. So it's possible that someone who lives alone doesn't meet that definition, while someone in a house full of busy people does.
How can we solve the problem? Well, the researchers assert that it's important to address each person's underlying cause of loneliness, whether it's the death of a spouse, medical problems, or social expectations that haven't been fulfilled. It's noteworthy that there is one general recommendation. [21] While finding solutions for loneliness is highly personal, research suggests the best interventions are those that involve meaningful social contact, at least once a week. Depending on the person that could mean volunteering, seeing an old friend or something else.
·答案详解·
19. Why does the speaker say the finding of a new national poll reveals a serious problem? 为什么讲话者说一项新的全国性民意调查结果揭示了一个严重的问题？
A）越来越多的美国老年人面临着过早死亡的风险。
B）已经发现孤独和健康状况差之间有关联。
C）长期的孤独对老年人尤其有害。
D）独自生活的美国老年人的数量在增加。
解析 ：讲话者在开头部分提到了一项新的全国性民意调查，调查发现，大约三分之一的美国老年人是孤独的，而几乎同样多的老年人感到与社会隔绝。然后讲话者说这是一个严重的问题，并说明了原因：研究表明，长期的孤独对老年人尤其有害。由此可知，答案选C，该项内容对应原文中的chronic loneliness is particularly harmful to senior citizens。讲话者提到，长期的孤独会增加老年人过早死亡的风险，而并非越来越多的老年人面临着过早死亡的风险，故排除选项A。选项B是对长期的孤独这一问题为何对老年人尤其有害的解释，不符合题意，故排除。选项D在讲话中没有提及，故也排除。
20. What is the good news the speaker talks about? 讲话者谈到的好消息是什么？
A）孤独可能是可逆的。
B）忙碌有助于对抗孤独。
C）孤独很少是由独居造成的。
D）有可以治疗孤独的药物。
解析 ：讲话者在中间部分提到了好消息：孤独似乎是可以逆转的，这与选项A的说法一致，故选A，该项中的is probably reversible对应原文中的can be reversed。选项B和D在讲话中没有提及，故排除。虽然民意调查发现，与子女同住的老年人比不与子女同住的老年人更有可能报告孤独感，但并不能由此推断出孤独很少是由独居造成的，故排除选项C。
21. What is the key to solving the loneliness problem, according to the speaker? 根据讲话者所说，解决孤独问题的关键是什么？
A）与自己的孩子一起生活。
B）有意义的社会接触。
C）满足社会期望。
D）及时的医疗干预。
解析 ：讲话者在最后提到了解决孤独问题的方法。讲话者指出，虽然寻找解决孤独的方法是高度个人化的，但研究表明，最好的干预措施是那些包含有意义的社会接触的措施。由此可知，讲话者认为解决孤独问题的关键是有意义的社会接触，故选B，该项的 meaningful social contact是原词重现。讲话者提到，这项民意调查发现，与子女同住的老年人比不与子女同住的老年人更有可能报告孤独感，所以与自己的孩子一起生活并不能解决老年人的孤独问题，故排除选项A。讲话者提到，研究人员断言，重要的是找出每个人孤独的根本原因，其中包括没有得到满足的社会期望，所以选项C只解决了一个原因产生的孤独问题，说法片面，故排除。选项D在原文中没有提及，故也排除。
·听力原文·
Hello, I am co-founder of the popular female travel community, We Are Travel Girls. We collect and publish stories from women traveling all over the world. We promote women's blogs. We host meetings and events, and are getting ready to launch our “Travel with Us”trips in Bali, Japan and Malawi.
[22] Before I started We Are Travel Girls, I had a successful 10-year career in finance in London where I advised private clients on their investments. Having always had a huge love for travel, I finally took the leap and left finance to pursue my dream of starting a travel company.
For as long as I can remember, I wanted to be a travel writer. Before blogs existed and everything we read was online, I would go to travel writing seminars by writers who were published in travel magazines. I was desperate to write for one of those magazines, but didn't know how to break into that industry. After university, I ended up working in finance, but always had a desire to travel and write about it.
[23] In 2015, I was looking at ways to leave finance, and my best friend Vanessa, who grew up on a ranch on the central coast of California, suggested starting a blog. But when we started creating it, we realized that was the same thing every girl was doing. So we turned our attention to creating a community among these women. This led us to start We Are Travel Girls, which has now grown into a community of over 200,000 followers.
[24] To anyone thinking about becoming a travel writer, I would suggest they first try and look for a unique way to enter the industry. There are a lot of travel writers now and it can be hard to stand out from the crowd, which is really why we started We Are Travel Girls. Be prepared to work hard if you want to turn it into a full-time business. [25] And try not to rush to selling advertising spaces before you have created a dedicated audience. The size of your audience doesn't necessarily need to be huge, but you want them to be engaged. [25] If you post too many promotions early on, you will turn many people off.
·答案详解·
22. What do we learn about the speaker before she created the community We Are Travel Girls? 在讲话者创办社区We Are Travel Girls之前，我们了解到有关她的什么信息？
A）她在金融业的职业生涯很成功。
B）她写了关于女性旅行者的故事。
C）她投资了几家私人公司。
D）她定期到亚洲国家旅行。
解析 ：讲话者在讲话中提到：“在我创办We Are Travel Girls之前，我在伦敦的金融领域度过了10年成功的职业生涯，在那里我为私人客户提供投资建议。”选项A的说法与此相符，故为正确答案。讲话者提到自己从小就梦想当一名旅行作家，并渴望为旅行杂志写文章，但不知道从何入手，由此可知她之前并没有写过关于旅行者的故事，故排除选项B。其余两项讲话均未提及，故也排除。
23. What did the speaker's friend suggest they do in 2015? 在2015年，讲话者的朋友建议他们做什么？
A）环游世界。
B）创办一个旅行社。
C）购买一个牧场。
D）开设一个博客。
解析 ：讲话者在讲话中提到，2015年她正在寻找离开金融业的方法，那时自己的好朋友建议开一个博客。选项D说法与此相符，故为正确答案。其余三项讲话均未提及，故排除。
24. What does the speaker advise people to do if they want to become travel writers? 如果人们想成为旅行作家，讲话者建议他们做什么？
A）创造独特的事物来进入这个行业。
B）获得旅行广告公司的赞助。
C）设法在旅游行业找一份全职工作。
D）努力工作以吸引出版商的注意。
解析 ：讲话者在讲话后半部分提到，对于任何考虑成为旅行作家的人，她建议他们首先尝试并寻找一种独特的方式来进入这个行业。接着解释原因：当下旅行作家众多，很难脱颖而出。因此，讲话者提出的建议就是：如果要进入该行业，需要创造独特的内容来吸引读者，选项A的说法与此相符，故为正确答案。讲话者还提到，如果你想把旅行写作变成一个全职工作，那就要准备好努力工作，这并不是说她建议想当旅行作家的人们在旅游行业找一份全职工作，故排除选项C。选项B和选项D讲话均未提及，故排除。
25. What is the speaker's advice on winning a loyal audience? 关于赢得忠诚的读者，讲话者的建议是什么？
A）避免推广类似的产品。
B）在早期避免过多打广告。
C）创造一种异国风情的企业文化。
D）吸引足够的投资。
解析 ：讲话者在末尾提到，在你拥有忠实的读者之前，尽量不要急于出售广告位置。如果你早期发布了太多的推广内容，就会让很多人失去兴趣。选项B的说法与此相符，故为正确答案。其余三项讲话均未提及，故排除。